There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years.

I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.

By a considerable margin, my family's largest-ever financial expenditure was the adoption of our two sons.

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.